Synonyms of handicapped

handicapped 1 of 2

adjective

as in hindered

Related Words

• hindered
• encumbered
• hobbled

Dissimilar Words

• free
• quit
• liberated
• shut (of)
• released
• unburdened
• delivered
• freed
• disencumbered
• unhampered
• unimpeded

handicapped

2 of 2

verb

past tense of handicap

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the baseball player's small size did not handicap him in the least

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hampered
• hindered
• impeded
• embarrassed
• obstructed
• cramped
• hobbled
• inhibited
• stymied
• delayed
• blocked
• encumbered
• tied up
• handcuffed
• interfered (with)
• shackled
• restrained
• clogged
• fettered
• constrained
• trammeled
• short-circuited
• manacled
• disrupted
• held back
• frustrated
• retarded
• hog-tied
• tied
• thwarted
• bound
• cramped one's style
• stifled
• gave a hard time
• curbed
• held up
• balked
• tethered
• confined
• retained
• reined
• checked
• leashed
• arrested
• braked
• baffled
• barricaded
• chained
• choked
• bogged (down)
• sabotaged
• strangled
• blockaded
• derailed
• repressed
• mired
• roadblocked
• muzzled
• suffocated
• haltered
• foiled
• stumped
• smothered
• hemmed (in)
• suppressed
• hedged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisted
• aided
• helped
• facilitated
• opened
• liberated
• cleared
• released
• freed
• untied
• encouraged
• unplugged
• promoted
• unstopped
• loosened
• made way
• smoothed
• unclogged
• furthered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handicapped

Adjective

Bridges pointed to an encounter last year in which an officer threatened Breshari Faulkner with a stun gun, pulled her from her car onto the ground and arrested her during a confrontation over a handicapped parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot. — Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Bridges pointed to an encounter last year in which an officer threatened Breshari Faulkner with a Taser, pulled her from her car onto the ground and arrested her during a confrontation over a handicapped parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot. — Travis Loller, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026

Verb

The previous mission, launched in 2023, was envisioned to include 2,500 personnel and was led by the Kenyan police, but it was handicapped by a lack of staff and funds. — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

Without the Mountain View gate, the nearest entrance to North Beach is from a steep stairway that is not handicapped accessible from Ocean Street at Rue Des Chateaux. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025